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Chapter1: The Gift of Being Human
Review Questions

USE complete sentences, writing with the question in the answer or I take off 10%.

1. What is the starting point for being human? (p. 31)

2. Give an example of how a particular philosophy of life affects how a person would judge a moral issue. (p. 33)

3. Why did God create humans? (p. 35)

4. Why are humans the peak of creation? (p. 35)

5. What does it mean to say we are created in God’s image and likeness? (p. 36)

6. Why did God make us sexual beings? (p. 38)

7. Is creation basically good or evil? How do we know? (p. 38)

8. What is dignity? Why do people possess it? Why doesn’t it have to be earned? (p. 39)

9. What abilities does the human spirit possess? (p. 40)

10. What is the relationship between human reason and truth? (p. 40)

11. What is free will? (p. 42)

12. List three truths that flow from our social nature. (p. 44)

13. Give an example of a violation of the principle of subsidiarity. (p. 44)

14. Define the common good. (p. 45)

15. What is the virtue of solidarity? Why is it necessary for Christians? (p. 45)

16. What does it mean to say that humanity has inherited the effects of original sin? (p. 45)

17. How does the Savior, Jesus Christ, affect sinful humanity? (p. 46)

18. List four rules for living an upright, moral, and Christian life in light of God’s revelation of the human person. (p. 47)